Zatman Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: Personally i think more of the top leagues should get more spots. For example the premier league should get 4 automatic spots and 2 qualifier spots and more of the lesser leagues should go into the Champs league qualifiers and not automatically get put into the Champions league. I think the top clubs sell the Champions league for what it is and alot of the lesser teams get a free meal ticket/payday which is underserved. Also the current format is set up just to favor a wider European variance among the leagues when clearly alot of the leagues are just a poor standard and are 'just showing up'. From a Villa fan perspective i see it as a crying shame that some of our players may never get to travel europe and play considering how good they are. But average or shite players get to do it because its fair spreadage of the the euro competition spots. This is the issue with modern football, rich get richer and poor get ****. Arsenal have done nothing in years domestically or in Europe why should they get more privelige than Ajax or Porto Thr Champions League is as predictable as the other leagues, since 2009 only one final hasnt featured Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Zatman said: This is the issue with modern football, rich get richer and poor get ****. Arsenal have done nothing in years domestically or in Europe why should they get more privelige than Ajax or Porto Thr Champions League is as predictable as the other leagues, since 2009 only one final hasnt featured Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich I think Ajax and Porto would still get atleast 1 auto spot for there league and a few champions league qualifier spots. I guess to elaborate further i feel the champions league qualifying pool should be made bigger so the cream really does rise to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Said earlier 1 FA 1 vote UEFA say 6 Premier league teams but 0 from Czech Republic, you think the Czech Republic FA vote for that? They have to have some sort of format that dangles a carrot for the lesser nations otherwise it won't pass And FIFA and UEFA are very good at manipulating this system, the nations league, the euros expansion, the way the CL playoffs work, even the exclusion now of the 4th place PL team from the playoffs... Its all aimed at getting a yes vote from the nations ranked 10th to 40th, the top 10 leagues and countries can be bypassed If they have a PL team in a qualifier potentially knocking out the champion from Czech, or Cyprus, or Belarus etc it won't fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 hour ago, KAZZAM said: i feel the champions league qualifying pool should be made bigger so the cream really does rise to the top. Well that's certainly how they're trying to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted February 5, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, sidcow said: Well that's certainly how they're trying to fix it. They're fixing it so that the big teams play enough of the smallest teams to ensure they get through to the knock out phase, but also making room for more games between big teams before Christmas - so that Man Utd can play Real Madrid in November and they can all rake the money in, but there's no chance that either of them will be knocking the other out of qualification because they played eight other games against the also rans. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 4 hours ago, KAZZAM said: I guess to elaborate further i feel the champions league qualifying pool should be made bigger so the cream really does rise to the top. Why? To have the same 8 teams in the quarters every year? How boring. Its a shame we'll never see Villa or Forest or Steaua Bucharest or PSV or Red Star Belgrade ever win it again. Porto were the last great success story of a smaller nation team wining it. You may like it, but not for me I'm afraid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Xela said: Why? To have the same 8 teams in the quarters every year? How boring. Its a shame we'll never see Villa or Forest or Steaua Bucharest or PSV or Red Star Belgrade ever win it again. Porto were the last great success story of a smaller nation team wining it. You may like it, but not for me I'm afraid. I'm not sure you understand what i'm suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 7 hours ago, KAZZAM said: I'm not sure you understand what i'm suggesting. Possibly. It was late at night and I was high on coke zero and hob-nobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 16 hours ago, KAZZAM said: Personally i think more of the top leagues should get more spots. Not for me. Imagine if the quarter finals of the champions league had 4 or 5 English/Spanish/Italian teams in it? One solution might be to have only 1 team or 1 team plus the two best second places (assuming 6 groups of 4) qualify from the group phase for the last 8. This would mean pretty every group game would matter for the top teams as they won't be able to lose two or three games and still qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welnik Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Xela said: Possibly. It was late at night and I was high on coke zero and hob-nobs. Milk or Plain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, welnik said: Milk or Plain ? Milk. Both are acceptable though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, welnik said: Milk or Plain ? Dark or GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welnik Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Xela said: Milk. Both are acceptable though Err no, Dark all the way. Milk are for gays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2021 24 minutes ago, welnik said: Milk or Plain ? I don't think you can get milk. Coke zero can you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2021 The Liverpool Echo is reporting that the Premier League gave rejected UEFA's plan for 'Swiss option' where teams qualify for the Champions league via their coefficient. If that's correct, then it's good news, both for us and for football generally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 06/02/2021 at 18:15, welnik said: Err no, Dark all the way. Milk are for gays I've purchased dark ones today. So, less gay than before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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